Apparatus for burning hydrocarbon.



mmm. APPARATUS 'xOE BURNING ,EYDBOGABBL APPLICATION YILISD AUG. Z, 1906.

Patented 0ct.27, 1908.

ATTY- c nirilransia'rns PATENT ornion.

HAMPD'EN HYDE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

APARATIUS FOR BURNING HYDROCARBON.

no. 9022s@ l flpecicatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application led August 2, 1906. Serial No. 328,866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Bc it known that l, HAMPDEN HYDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county oit Monroe and State oi" New York, have invented a new and Iniproved Apparatus for Burning Hydrocarbon, such as Fuel-Oil, of which the following is a specification. l

rThis invention rela-tes to an ap )aratus tor burning cheap oil such as fuel oi and more under sutiicient pressure to maintain a practicallyn constant sdf" ply therethrough, an'd it isalso'important t iat. the walls of this Chain' herbe formed. with as few joints as con-4 sistent and exposed continuously to the action of the heat resulting troni the combustion of such gases. lt is desirable Ialso that the steam and gasitied voil be caused to traverse some little distance in Contact with highly heated Walls or surfaces ot the generating chamber and that such'gases be Caused to traverse sonie distance in changing directions,

' preferably to and fro, in contact with the heated Walls o 't the generating chamber. l

i have devised a mixing and generating chani ber composed preferably `of single casting volE iron and having partitions therein so arranged .as to canse the gases in passing through the chamber to he thoroughly mixed and kept in 'contact with the highly heated walls of the chamber vand the partitions therein. I

Second, it is often iii/iportant, for consideiutions of safety, that the tank or reservoir containing the oil be supported at a distance considerably below the level of the mixing and generating chamber and .on account or this consideration it is important that the feed fromthe oilV tanlr should be vmaintained by 'other nieans than gravity,

such for instance, as air pressure, and itis also very important that such pressure be.

regulable independently of the pressure in or the height of the Water tank. It is obvious that the pressure upon the oil tank should be varied according to the dieren'ce p in heights of the oil vreservoir and the mixing 'and generating chamber or points if-coinbustion. l l

Third, the supply of Water to the mixing -and generating `chamber should be maiutained uniform and this may best be done by means of a regulable air pressure upon the Water in the Water tank and this pressure should be regulable independently of the pressure uponlthe oiltank.

Fourth it is desirable that the pressure upon theoil in theoil tank and the Water in the Water tank, each regulable independently of the other, should be maintained rorna common source of air or gas under pressure, in order thatv the regulation between the pressures on the oil and Water tanks may be more pei t'e. :tly maintained. For this reason it is also desirable that there be maintained a supply of air or gas under a practically constant pressure in a suitable storage reservoir by means of a pump, operated by any suitable prime mover, and obviously, for purposes checonbmy, it is preferable that the pressure inthe air storage reservoir be several times greater than that in the oil and Water tanks and that such pressure be reduced iii and through a common channel vto such Water and oil reservoir and inade regulable in each independently of the other through va suitable regulating and' reducing` apparatnsy f lilith, it is also important thatthere be provided suitable needle valves and sight feeds for regulating the flow of the'war and of thefoil to the mixing and generating chamber and that between each of suchv reservoirs and yits corresponding. needle valve there be interposed a suitable straining apparatus to remove, as far as possible, from theoil and Water any particles tending to clog such needlevalves and render their action uncertain.,

As an important aid in regulating the flow of the oil. ,and Water through the ad! justable needle valves, I have found it de-.

sirable to. malte use of means for independeutly regulating the pressure upon the Water I and oil tanks each independently of the other as. a inuch more satisfactory regu1ation can be elfect/ed in this Way .and there is far less occasion for fine adjust-ments ofthe Ima . pipe A? emi tbe right band V ebnmbef. in perspective.

{Apel-il and just to the righi; efibe pea 'tbe usuel i'edueei,"e connection. is; me bA y eeefraee :eeeie x'e'vefs wbieb @tb vii-1e would require emi-o? e? esuei eeiis'reeien, ami a ire-queme :md veiy Camn?. edii'asmeni. "This pibe leading `ie.1ei`.em, imo he weite? mei: independent' feguietiee of be pi' ,Sme epee ifi, 'very neeiiy Le the beiten; ei which ee ne ehe weeen and O, wiiiie edv; eene in jiieze extends veriieeiiy e pipe B1 beveiiy eppaiems er ille eeneempi. eif uei eii, I beve found a meter oi greet impe?- enee-Ysih be style ef mixing and gemeldeing Chamber and burner which if have devise for be more efiieien, eonsumpien ei slick ei, im that, such independent pi'eseme reguiatien by n'xeiuteinieg e mii'i'eii'n Su'apy ef ei?. and weec te tbe generator 'prevenifs surging ef tbe iaine, which sen'ietimes reeui'e 'when seeb iizidepexiden; edjus. able `vegeetieg means is .not mede use ei'.

YVibb these ebjecis in View, my m'eniem eeesieee in tbe apparatus ebewu in iheuef eemgeebyingdie i1'1gs,'in which -igeie l She-'Weihe complete eppmuns in eievte-n. Fig. is a Vei'tieal ceu'i'el seeimr @Tf .mixing and generating ebamber. Fig.

is a Veetieei rens'veise section ei the mii:- ing; end generating chamber *fn/ken along iile .ine .Q1-g1 of Figui and as Seen' from the left. Fig. fi sbewsftbe mixinglmid .geuei'etibg F 1g, 5 im; vertical eeni'rel eeeiienei view/ei eneef the eheieeisA Refi-turing te me diewiegjsf---if is 'the air pump which maybe., preferablyeoiieently. veil by any iiee mover. Air 'ekee.

inte ih@ pump ibieugb ibi-)cheek vziive 3.2,. :1s f

seen at tbe ef. and ie forced outwerdy 'zbieegb the eiieek waive gf at @be righi. and thence tbioiigi'i the edjustebe "pi'eezme reliefvahe @by .means el vvbid'i-yelie'if wlw the {wes-eure may be meinmiued pme'eelly Consi/ent in the nii reservoir ,L ine wbieiy the l esees frere tbe eiief vei've E ihieeyjb e. eut-eri valve p2 of usuel. censtjiiicien. Y

Fiemfbe iiireeeiveii A e pipe Eff' exusuel eensh'ueten, and 'ebe've that tie see '1 a ibe upper end @if Wiiiebv's conne f?. tbieugn the usuel iedneei' with e p. fue gege l in; ie heiizentai peril-imi ef tbe gage 1 -fr is seen e, resem@ eeiueing v end between the leiizenei membei` eji ti tical me tbeieef there isseen f1. T, MQW/bieb.; tim

the gege G1. The-gege G2121; Wl be n. zieed.

'indicates a iower pressure thank-be gege (flj he diferenee between the pi'eesui'ee iilieeie. 'these two being; eifeeted'by menne el? die ,pressure ieduemg vulve 'The 'right bend vertical member ef" tbe pibel downwardly .inte n i, from Whieb e. pipe ieads *be the 4left through the" presfi'are redueing Veive R1 and from thence te e Tj i@ which is eenneebed the pressure gage Gfeii iti/em thence eemieeyioij ie mede tbreu'vh tbe teneis upwardly and ie .the ligbz wie. ibeuV e eubb vulve c2 ef usuel een- C having the eut-bfi veivef@ tbeieint. of use i eensnieuem and fem theme auch U1 ie eenneeiel tbieugb e simieer S1 vi. the neeie veve V1 emi Sight. feed si, fue pipe C1 thence extending; ie the connecbe mixing and generating ehembei' H. ibe 'meter tank i3 has :x sere-W plug 5" ef.; is upper ebd which may be removed fel." zbe pese "ghe eii i'eeeifveii C bas ai; its upper emi e. ieleezbie aeree plug fR The mi and generating ebembei 0 nemer s peiembly e Single bex-bke ees(- ing, es ebewii in Figa L 2, 3 and e, having mi' V.iis rig i, mi be bellow @are er bags fiw, ieh beve bieedefl opening@ therein. ie ye ve bhe eeeeeeting membeis 0 und 0"k resp-ee. ely. rhese bellow finge 1' eed. fr'feemzee: Wii-h be inerier ef the mixief :mii Generating eben'ibeif C, sind nearly ebp .ily 'dewmverdiy ie be iight and the i eab's ifawim'zirdly to the left.-

ertiiens vn fn.- :md n? ere piefembiy eiegrei y wit, 'tbe bex-'like sbeii l@ and, the pui'posee' uy removing the cores, e provided which we threaded Je ifebevebie Seiew pings eme. d emi ef 'the pe'rtiiion nl seen de pieesien forming n, pocket, ami tiiieig'i Mie beifem tbeifeo'iE there ie 0biiqueiy` bere'i hele mi@ :is indicated in Fig. f2 ei? the qi Inge, web hele being bored by imei fili 'through libe opening adepttey ifeeeve the uppermost ping e, Seen te be ieit in Around the iewer edge libe cheminer and just Within the bot- Lem ibeieo ere berefi holes for the escape of *abe combustible gas ermed by tbe intipu'rp'ese ef 'iiiiigg 'the ieserveil B emi in the seme wey and. im tbe seme pur-- I buizen :diy ispi'ised '-'hei'ein. alreseen thel mimg'me of the superheeted eeem 1.9.1@

'very hriet period ot time.

'seriously interrupting 'the tire.

gasitied eil in this chamber t). These holes 'u `are bored so that they enter the 'chamber O just above the bottoni wall. 0n they under side of the chamber there is. secured, by means of. screws :is indicated in yldig. 2, a pun haring; its edges projecting` considerably7 uhove the openings o for the escapecl the :from the ehainher l). rl`he partition n formed therein3 a, longitudinal ridge tor preventing the spreading of the oil over .the entire surface ot the partition or shelf n during the processot priming or starting the tire. The side walls of the chambero are provided with heat-absorbing projections t extending outwardly. into the pathfof the., thune in Order to shsorh more of the heet `trom such thune und impart theseme -`'to the side Walls of the generating chainher.

lt sometimes happens that myhuruer is used in places not aliording ready access to -the pan 7c for lighting-the oil therein by mean-s of a match. in such crisesl prefer to malte use of un asbestos Wick lll, which muy extend to some suitably accessible point and whieh, hyczipiliary notion, will become mois'teued with the oil from the 7c und,

then when ignited, the dame t-reivels along' such wink und `eneountering the loose and dugg! materiel, pretershlythe same as the Wiel; is composed ot, as seen at "w, spreads thereover and by this mee-.ns the eilgier the pan k is readily ignited.

leferring to Fig. 5, which shows one ot the streiners S in vertical section-the strainer eoingn'ises a. cylinder S into the epen and lower end of which is threaded the hottoin piece f carrying' eross wires f1 adepted to support a roll ot' felt or suitable materiel l?, which is 'formed up into a roll loosely fitting in the shell S. above the 'feed pipe opening in the side Wall thereot. l have found this style ot straineroperates, very successfully und the construction thereoi3 is such :is to afford ready access for Cleaning. for Whieh purpose the bottoni 'piece f is uuserewed and the telt?` removed, cleansed and then inserted or e new felt may loe iuserted.. the Whole operation re-ouiiring` but u l'ndeed otteninnes u new telt muy he inserted'without The pressure reducing: valves R1 'and RL cooperate withthe needie valves V und V1 respectively to secure the desired relative rates oit iiow oilt the oilY und Water to the mixing and z{enerating chamber @i T he adjustment of these 'aires and .lll will he niodilied ronsiderubly hy the reletive'heipnts ot the tanks l and C as well also the r/elative adjustments ot the needle `Valves lf, and V1 respectively. lt is a Well known' fact that needle Valves used under such ciieuinstnueee are apt to Clog and the prender. ad justuufut or" them requires considerable Care und Ytreopieut attention und this has 1been Valves V found a serious source of .difficultyv in the successful (.ontinuous operation oi" appan ratus ot the kind described herein. These difficulties are very largely removed by the use ot' the pressure reducing valves which7 on account of the readiness with which very slight differences in pressure may he proadjustment ot' the reducing;` valves; indeed l have found that many Valves of ordinaryY construction with caretully finished parts may he used in place ot the Well known needle valve and the How regulated quite entirely by the adjustment ot the pressure reducing Valves El :ind These pressure the reducingl valves Elend R2., while very siniilar to the reducing valve R. they are used ttor a very materiell@7 different j nlrpose. Such Valves El and sustain each of them a detinite relation to the reduoilnT valve ld' and indei'iendentll;7 thereof they also sustain definite relations ea eh to the other.

my solid or senil-solid partieles carried over froni'the Water tank B or oil tank C :ire retrieved betere reaching the needle valves V and V1 respectively und are thus prevented from atlecting the adjustment thereof heingrcmoved hy the strainers S. and S1 respete/tively ii'iterposed in the pipes leading' to euch valises from the tanks B.

and C. l,

ln using niy upparatus,the 'valves a5 f) and c areclosed, the teult B is filled with vaterand the tank C istilled with oil, the pump l"l operated and the pressure reliet valve E adiusted to secure the desired air pressure in the reservoir El. The needle The valves n'. and f. are then opened. This causes a l'low ot" oil troni the oil tank C to and through the mixing and generating chamber @from which it issues through the orifices o in the pun Je. After the wick "di ,has heroine saturated therewith, the oil may he ignited :it the Wick "W and the iame tending'along the Wick and into the iiui-y portion thereof w ignitcs the oil in the pan #and the heat resulting from the burning ot the oil in this pan` Il heats up the generating; and mixing chuniler t) to ay high teni peinture. und utter this chamber has been suflicientlyv hearted the vulve is opened and the water from the tank' B is forced into the generating chamber and is therein formed into steam and the oil which is ted. to this generating and mixing chamber gssitled and mixed with the sruierlieated steunt in 'missing throi'igh-the generating enaniher O und V1 are adjusted appioxi1u=.itely.

*smieziis- Y d.. 2 v

45 smi?) for ffii im@ shawber :md new i;

ila Y immer, a gemmnmg @www @amber hy a pipe cmitainng a Suitafle regulating vave, an mi tank connaced to auch chamber through :i 'pipe cammini a suitable seguia-ating valve and means for ,maintaining a regulable pressure of ai? or gas in sdl www tank sind indepemem 65 thereof .imams for maintaining a rfeguiabifa piessure of air 0i gas in such oi tank.

3. An apparatus' Qr bui'ning hyfo-cai- 'bon comprising an @ii tank, a. Waiter tank, n mixing and geneiaing chamber and means im subjeting the Same contimmusym die actinii of the heat fesuiting imm the ccm bust-ion of such hyo-Cmbon. pipe leac'ing from such oil tank i@ such miXi 11g; und gauw f rating chamber cdntaining a Aim've 'and .fistraim nteipsed betw ai ih@ tank and the valve, a. pipe lending hum suchWater tank to Sucia generating cimmbm Containing a miv@ and a, straine bezween the temi; and he'w'alve, a soul'ce of nii' 0i' gas uer pmsslum, means foixsuppiyiug air 01' gasuuder pressure i@ such' nii Thank and QI regulating the pressuref die aix* therein :md independent means supplying aix'. (if gas under pressuaioifguch www1 tank md for Teguw'ing the' p'essum therein.

4%. An apparatus im" burning "hydio-cr 'bmi comprising an @il iseivoir, Water 'fasrvoir, a.' mixing and generating chamber inepmiently connected to @zich of Such $0 tan hrough sepai'ate pipes having mgmiatiiig'va'ves iherein, memis'for supplying ui 0i' gas und@ pressuia t@ such Wate" muli and for regulating such'pressmje and indf penden' menus ifo supplying air or gas im- 95 ddr pressure i@ Such @il tank and for rag-gu lating 'che pressure tiieljein.

In nu apparatus of the chfimctei described, a mixing md genelaing @ha bei? Comp'iisng :i metaiiic box; a. subame @im secured to ih@ under side. of smh bmi; @xii .fffices through 'dife side wa'is af'such chamiae ,naar the bwa? edge thereof, the?. edges such pan extending upWa-ifc'iy above am?. in pmximty i0 such (iriices and adapte '50 prennent ignition of fiile gases issuing haremm beiow 'bha edges of such pim whereby ssi-ich gass may 'ha @smaad is bum in a salici/A sheet of flame surounding Such Chamber and extending upwardly rm the. /u'pper 110 edges of the sidewas of such pan and prir jecting members of heat 'conducting mteria/ extending outwardly fromthe side wais ofi such chamber and into the path @fiabe flame.

HMPDEN y Witnessesg NDL G. STANDENMAIER, LUTTE@ Woon. 

